In some (many?) countries the US lobbying system would be considered bribery and therefore illegal, if MS used these techniques in such countries I hope their held accountable.
I'm a long time Linux user mostly Red Hat and SuSE.
What I don't understand is the concept that Ubuntu is a Linux that is supposed to just work and be non- computer geek friendly. On the couple of times I played with it, I found the endless missing packages after install very annoying, on top of that there was no easy way I could find to find out what packages are available. So for example if I want to install subversion what is the actual package name I need to install (svn, subversion, svn-client,etc...), also why is it that there seems to be no option to install packages such as subversion during the initial install.
Then of course there's the whole thing about there being no root user.
I'm sure/I hope if I'm missing something it will be pointed out, but personally I did not find Ubuntu that easy to use.
Except that the government should fund scientific research, and that since the government does not have an unlimited budget to fund all research, it has to make decisions on which research projects to fund and which not to.
The government should not be allowed influence the results of any scientific research to suit it's needs.
I assume if time warner is so concerned about screwing more money out of the heavy users, they're also looking into giving refunds to the low users who don't use the bandwidth that TW planned for us to use under the "unlimited" scheme. Right??
I'm a Brit but fortunately I do not still live in the hell that Tony Blair created. I would love for he Chinese to question the right of the UK government to video the UK public the way they do.
2. Avoid connections. If at all possible, drive to a hub airport. I totally disagree with 2. The risk of a connection is always that it may be cancelled and there is more opportunity for the airlines to loose your bags. However getting through the check-in/security hassle at a regional airport that are only dealing with one flight and maybe 30 passengers is much,much easier than doing it a major airport where they're handling tens of flights and thousands of passengers at the same time.
Just because it's a law does not make it right morally or legally.
Some laws have later been struck down as being unconstitutional even though they were put in place by the government.
So the analogies to other laws could be relevant in deciding whether the relatively new law is invalidated because of a much longer standing legal precedent.
My experience of this is nearly 20 years old and things may have changed.
However, I started doing a CS course at Manchester and after 1 year switched to IT. The main reason I changed was the analog electronics part of the CS course (designing power supplies and the like), I had no interest in this and found the maths difficult. I enjoyed the digital electronics part of CS but my primary interest was in software, so rather than risk failing the analog stuff, I gave up all the hardware and moved into IT.
I assume that TIVO has their own application running inside a TIVO box, which they can license as they see fit.
As long as the measures they take shut down their application but leave the kernel and any other GPL software running, how are they violating GPL3?
The box would not be much use without the TIVO application running but that's what they're trying to achieve.
They could also just delete the data files (programs) for their application when the security measure is triggered, surely deleting data files is not a violation of GPL3.
If the BBC in Britain for example makes programs, instead of selling them to the SciFi channel or BBC America, they could make them available directly now they've just got to make money by doing so.
They could offer them through subscription, I'd be happy to be able to pick and choose the content I want and loose the 200+channels I never watch but have to pay for to get the 20 that I watch.
Or they could interleave commercials into the feed. Some companies might want to buy commercial time worldwide (Coke, Pepsi, etc..), others might want to only send commercials to viewers in specific areas, kind of like the US networks do but on a worldwide scale. Someone would have to work out how to insert these local commercials but that would give the now unemployed middle men something to do.
I thought the definition of layoff was when they no longer needed someone to perform your job function (they're eliminating the position) and as such they can not replace you within some specified period (a year IIRC) without first offering you your job back.
How can BofA lay people off and ask them to train their replacements?
An H1-B visa allows a non-resident alien to work in the US, these can be difficult to come by, depending on your country of origin.
However, it is easier to get tourist visas or visa waiver exemption (again depending on your country of origin) as long as you do not work while in the US.
I regularly run two applications that require large disk space.
1. MythTV (a Tivo like software package) that needs about 1GB to record 1 hour of TV.
2. Work related data storage (Met Radar Data), since I work at home sometimes I need the space to store quite a bit of that.
On top of the applications, I like to RAID just about everything and backup critical data to secondary machines once in a while. I do this because backup technologies (Tape/DVD etc) have not kept pace with hard drives in terms of cost and capacity and hard drives do fail from time to time. This means I have approx 2 times the disk space that is actually usable.
This is why I, for one, look forward to larger drives.
I've never understood the concept that because you tried to something and failed you should get less time than if you succeeded. The intent to commit the crime was there and the criminal should be punished to discorage them from trying again (and maybe succeeding).
I've never understood for example why attempted murder is a differnet crime from murder. Just because a guy is not a good shot, or did not know how much poison to use, does not mean it's any safer to have him in society.
Personally I've just read and enjoyed Station X by Michael Smith, about how Alan Turing (among many others) broke Enigma. A fascinating read with alot of insight into the circumstances under which many of the early steps in computing were taken.
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In some (many?) countries the US lobbying system would be considered bribery and therefore illegal, if MS used these techniques in such countries I hope their held accountable.
I'm a long time Linux user mostly Red Hat and SuSE.
What I don't understand is the concept that Ubuntu is a Linux that is supposed to just work and be non- computer geek friendly. On the couple of times I played with it, I found the endless missing packages after install very annoying, on top of that there was no easy way I could find to find out what packages are available. So for example if I want to install subversion what is the actual package name I need to install (svn, subversion, svn-client,etc...), also why is it that there seems to be no option to install packages such as subversion during the initial install.
Then of course there's the whole thing about there being no root user.
I'm sure/I hope if I'm missing something it will be pointed out, but personally I did not find Ubuntu that easy to use.
Except that the government should fund scientific research, and that since the government does not have an unlimited budget to fund all research, it has to make decisions on which research projects to fund and which not to.
The government should not be allowed influence the results of any scientific research to suit it's needs.
I assume if time warner is so concerned about screwing more money out of the heavy users, they're also looking into giving refunds to the low users who don't use the bandwidth that TW planned for us to use under the "unlimited" scheme. Right??
I'm a Brit but fortunately I do not still live in the hell that Tony Blair created. I would love for he Chinese to question the right of the UK government to video the UK public the way they do.
Will the parents have to get the kids to set the timer for them??? I think I see a hole in Microsoft's plan...
If Ford revealed these requirements before you bought your Mustang and you still bought it then you got what you knew you were buying.
Of course if Ford did this, nobody would buy Ford cars.
iPhone buyers knew what they were buying and what restrictions there are. If they do not like it they should have bought a different phone.
I just had a couple of thoughts on the right of a store to look through your purchases.
1. Since they do not (explicitly) charge you for the bags they put your items in can they claim they are actually searching their bags?
2. When leaving a store with a cart owned by the store, do they have a right to search the contents of their cart?
Anyone have any legal insight?
He said he wanted to put it on his blog.
Wouldn't the blog count as commentary on their work?
Just because it's a law does not make it right morally or legally.
Some laws have later been struck down as being unconstitutional even though they were put in place by the government.
So the analogies to other laws could be relevant in deciding whether the relatively new law is invalidated because of a much longer standing legal precedent.
Me too. I expect them to malfunction.
My experience of this is nearly 20 years old and things may have changed.
However, I started doing a CS course at Manchester and after 1 year switched to IT. The main reason I changed was the analog electronics part of the CS course (designing power supplies and the like), I had no interest in this and found the maths difficult. I enjoyed the digital electronics part of CS but my primary interest was in software, so rather than risk failing the analog stuff, I gave up all the hardware and moved into IT.
I assume that TIVO has their own application running inside a TIVO box, which they can license as they see fit.
As long as the measures they take shut down their application but leave the kernel and any other GPL software running, how are they violating GPL3?
The box would not be much use without the TIVO application running but that's what they're trying to achieve.
They could also just delete the data files (programs) for their application when the security measure is triggered, surely deleting data files is not a violation of GPL3.
"This hole topic is just not a problem."
... hold on ... you meant "whole topic".
Maybe not for you it would be for me
Why not get rid of the middle man.
If the BBC in Britain for example makes programs, instead of selling them to the SciFi channel or BBC America, they could make them available directly now they've just got to make money by doing so.
They could offer them through subscription, I'd be happy to be able to pick and choose the content I want and loose the 200+channels I never watch but have to pay for to get the 20 that I watch.
Or they could interleave commercials into the feed. Some companies might want to buy commercial time worldwide (Coke, Pepsi, etc..), others might want to only send commercials to viewers in specific areas, kind of like the US networks do but on a worldwide scale. Someone would have to work out how to insert these local commercials but that would give the now unemployed middle men something to do.
I thought the definition of layoff was when they no longer needed someone to perform your job function (they're eliminating the position) and as such they can not replace you within some specified period (a year IIRC) without first offering you your job back.
How can BofA lay people off and ask them to train their replacements?
I cannot believe that nobody on /. has pointed out that 280 million times $10 would be $2.8 billion. Where did the $11 billion come from.
An H1-B visa allows a non-resident alien to work in the US, these can be difficult to come by, depending on your country of origin.
However, it is easier to get tourist visas or visa waiver exemption (again depending on your country of origin) as long as you do not work while in the US.
Jury-rigged or Jerry-rigged are both valid with slightly different meanings http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifjrrybltjryrggd.shtm l
I regularly run two applications that require large disk space.
1. MythTV (a Tivo like software package) that needs about 1GB to record 1 hour of TV.
2. Work related data storage (Met Radar Data), since I work at home sometimes I need the space to store quite a bit of that.
On top of the applications, I like to RAID just about everything and backup critical data to secondary machines once in a while. I do this because backup technologies (Tape/DVD etc) have not kept pace with hard drives in terms of cost and capacity and hard drives do fail from time to time. This means I have approx 2 times the disk space that is actually usable.
This is why I, for one, look forward to larger drives.
I've never understood the concept that because you tried to something and failed you should get less time than if you succeeded. The intent to commit the crime was there and the criminal should be punished to discorage them from trying again (and maybe succeeding).
I've never understood for example why attempted murder is a differnet crime from murder. Just because a guy is not a good shot, or did not know how much poison to use, does not mean it's any safer to have him in society.
Personally I've just read and enjoyed Station X by Michael Smith, about how Alan Turing (among many others) broke Enigma. A fascinating read with alot of insight into the circumstances under which many of the early steps in computing were taken.